Local Food Throwdown Tickets on Sale!
Reserve your seats today at the 2022 Local Food Throwdown on Monday, September 26. Don’t miss this friendly competition between some of our community’s finest chefs and mixologists, each featuring fresh local ingredients from our region's farms.
The event will feature talent from: Ambrosia Orchard, Bravas, Chance Bar, Copper Spoon, GK Baked Goods, Junk Ditch Brewing Co., Mercado, One Ten Craft Meatery, Penny Drip and True Kimchi. Proceeds benefit the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network.
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2022 Local Food Week Photo Gallery
Northeast Indiana celebrated Local Food Week 2022 with wide variety of farm tours and special local food events held across our region. From July 29 to August 7, thirty different farms and local food businesses and organizations hosted over 1,000 participants for fun, informative and delicious events that helped our community connect with local food from Our Land to Our Tables.
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Register NOW for 2022 Local Food Forum & Expo
All are welcome! On Monday, September 12, join local farmers, food producers, educators, community leaders, advocates and eaters as we come together to learn & share ideas to grow & connect our local food community. Come for the full day or join us for the Local Food After Party from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.
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Local Food Week Tour Book
Flip through our interactive Local Food Week Tour Book!
Plan how you want to celebrate Local Food Week 2022.
30 Hosts - 70 Tours & Events - 10 days of fun, learning & delicious food!
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Farm to School Team Update
Our Farm to School Programs connect kids with new foods and local farms. Together, our Northeast Indiana Farm to School Team introduces thousands of local kids to new fruits and vegetables, and to the local farmers who grow them through our Harvest of the Month program.
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Explore Local Food Week Events!
Local Food Week is a 10-day celebration of Northeast Indiana’s farms, markets, artisan food producers, restaurants, and other businesses & organizations that bring local food from Our Land to Our Tables. The Northeast Indiana Local Food Network launched Local Food Week in 2020 to create an opportunity for our region to visit and connect with those who grow, sell, serve and support the local food we all love.
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NEW Regional Food System Partnership
The Northeast Indiana Local Food Network is honored to be a partner in the new Indiana Regional Food System Partnership that was awarded a $1.24 million dollar grant to strengthen Indiana’s food supply chain.
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Host Tours & Events for Local Food Week
Mark you calendars for 2022 Local Food Week, Friday, July 29 - Sunday, August 7. Sign Up NOW to host a farm tour or local food event during this region-wide, 10-day event as we celebrate the farms, markets, restaurants and local food businesses & organizations that are part of our region’s local food system.
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2022 Local Food Scholarships
Learn how our 2022 Local Food Scholarships are helping our region’s local food farmers and entrepreneurs to pursue the training and networking opportunities they need to expand their businesses and grow our local food system.
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2022 Local Food Scholarships Extended
Application deadline extended to March 31, 2022. Do you want to attend a virtual or in-person conference, or take a training course in 2022? Our Northeast Indiana Local Food Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis to help our region’s local food farmers and entrepreneurs pursue the training and networking opportunities they need to expand their business.
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The Season to Plan, Learn and Network
Check out these upcoming workshops, conferences and training opportunities to help you plan this year’s harvest, grow your local food business, and learn how to build a more equitable, sustainable and resilient food system.
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Year-end Reflections and Anticipation
As this year draws to a close, and our young nonprofit organization prepares to begin 2022, our fifth year, we want to take stock of how far we’ve come as an organization and as a local food community. We want to share our anticipation for the valuable work we plan to undertake in 2022 and pursue the years to come.
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Guests, Chefs and Farmers enjoy Local Food Throwdown
Guests, chefs and local food farmers all enjoyed the Local Food Throwdown, a friendly competition between some of our community’s finest chefs and mixologists, each featuring fresh local ingredients from our region's farms.
The event was featured talent from: Bravas, Chance Bar, Copper Spoon, Hetty Arts Pastry, Landing Beer Company, Mercado, Tolon, True Kimchi and Walnut Hill Catering & Events. Proceeds benefited the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network to support programs and establish a strong financial foundation for the organization.
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Local Food Week 2021 Connects Community to Food & Farms
Local Food Week expanded in 2021 with 22 different farm tours and special events held across our region. From September 17-26, urban & rural farms and local food businesses hosted over 500 participants for a variety of events to connect our community to local food from our land to our tables.
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Celebrate Farm to School Month: New video & Apple Crunch
Join the celebration by crunching into a juicy apple from a local orchard for Apple Crunch and watching our latest video Farm to School: Bridging the Gap Between Local Food and Local Kids produced by Parkview Health and the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network in collaboration with the Northeast Indiana Farm to School Team.
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Join us for our inaugural Local Food Throwdown fundraiser!
Don't miss this friendly competition between some of our community’s finest chefs and mixologists, each featuring fresh local ingredients from our region's farms.
Featuring talent from: Bravas, Chance Bar, Copper Spoon, Hetty Arts Pastry, Landing Beer Company, Mercado, Tolon, True Kimchi, & Walnut Hill Catering.
Event is limited to 120 guests to allow space for comfortable social distancing. We anticipate seats will fill quickly, so we encourage making your reservation as soon as possible. Click here to learn more or to reserve your seat!
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Register for the 2021 Local Food Forum & Expo!
All are welcome! Connect with local farmers, food producers, chefs, educators, community leaders, advocates, and consumers, as we come together to learn, share ideas and grow our local food community.
We are excited to safely come together again in person for this day-long educational and networking event.
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Celebrate our local food community during this year's Local Food Week!
Local Food Week is a 10-day celebration of farms, markets, restaurants and other businesses that bring local food from Our Land to Our Tables.
Check out this year’s schedule!
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USDA Farm to School Grant awarded to Northeast Indiana partners
Farm to School programs across Northeast Indiana will be able to make big strides forward in the next two years, thanks to a USDA Farm to School Implementation Grant recently awarded to Wells County Revitalization on behalf of the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network, Parkview Health, and Purdue Extension.
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What you Need to Know to Host a Tour or Event during 2022 Local Food Week
Local Food Week celebrates the farms, markets, restaurants and other local food businesses that bring local food from Our Land to Our Tables. Sign up to host a tour or event to help our community connect to the local food & farms they love!
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